Idiocracy (2006) on Netflix
R20061h 24mAdventureComedySci-Fi
Army librarian Joe Bauers is the most average soldier, so the Pentagon picks him for a hibernation test. Prostitute Rita joins him when her charges are dropped. They wake five centuries later.
- Netflix3.3/5
- IMDb6.5/10221,605 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes71%
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Plot summary
The Pentagon's Human Hibernation Project is meant to keep valuable soldiers on ice until the country needs them. Joe Bauers, an Army librarian, scores as the most statistically average man in the service and becomes its first subject, in a test meant to last a year. Rita, a prostitute, takes part in exchange for dropped charges and money paid to her pimp, Upgrayedd. The officer running the project, Collins, is caught in a prostitution scandal, the base closes, and the two chambers are forgotten. Over the following five centuries, average intelligence slides, and the sleepers end up beneath a mountain of garbage.
Cast
- Sonny Castilloas Prosecutor
- Kevin McAfeeas Bailiff (as Kevin S. McAfee)
- Christopher Ryanas Hospital Technician (as Ryan Melton)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Idiocracy (2006)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Star Terry Crews said real corporations lent their names expecting to be pumped up, then tried to back out once they saw the jokes, so Fox released it in as few theaters as possible.
- 20th Century Fox gave the satire an almost invisible release: no trailers, ads or press kits, opening in only seven cities and expanding to just 130 theaters, far fewer than the usual 600 or more.
- Despite grossing under half a million dollars in theaters, the film later earned about $9 million from DVD rentals alone, more than 20 times its theatrical take.
- Around the 2016 elections, co-writer Etan Cohen and others said the film's predictions were converging on accuracy, a sentiment director Judge repeated; asked about predicting the future, Judge quipped, "I'm no prophet, I was off by 490 years."
- The film later topped a New York Times readers' poll ranking which movies best captured the American experience.
